Date/Time: Monday, June 21, 2010 11:00AM Pacific Speaker: Lee Kump (Pennsylvania State University) Title: “Evolution of the Oceans: Pale Pink Dot” Although uniformitarian views dominated early thinking of ocean chemical […]
Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Posted inConferences and Meetings, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
NAI Director's Seminar: Katrina Edwards, "Intraterrestrial Life on Earth"
Date/Time: Monday, June 7, 2010 11:00AM Pacific Speaker: Katrina Edwards (University of Southern California) Title: “Intraterrestrial Life on Earth” In 1986, scientists sailing in the Pacific Ocean made an astonishing […]
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
The Science and Art of Hydrothermal Vent Ecosystems
Beyond the Edge of the Sea is an exhibition of the work of scientific illustrator Karen Jacobsen. She has accompanied Dr. Cindy Lee Van Dover of Duke University in the […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Early Oceans, Early Animals
The Ediacaran Period (635-542 million years ago) was a time of fundamental environmental and evolutionary change, culminating in the first appearance of macroscopic animals. A new study from NAI’s Arizona […]
Posted inMicrobiology & Virology, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
GeoBiology 2010: An International Training Course
GeoBiology 2010, co-sponsored by the NAI, is an intensive course on how interactions between microorganisms and the environment have shaped the evolution of the Earth, and how microbe-mineral interactions leave […]
Posted inEducation and Outreach, Microbiology & Virology, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
The Marine Biological Laboratory Offers Summer Course on the Earth's Microbial Diversity
The Microbial Diversity Summer Course of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) welcomes applications from members of the Astrobiology community who are seeking to understand the microbial basis of life. The […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Oxygen Production in Earth's Early Oceans Predates the Great Oxidation Event
It is widely accepted that around 2.4 billion years ago, the Earth’s atmosphere underwent a dramatic change when oxygen levels rose sharply. Called the “Great Oxidation Event” (GOE), the oxygen […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Cryobiology, Dale Andersen's Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Icy Worlds, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Diving Through A Microbial Landscape in Lake Untersee, Antarctica
There’s not much in the ice-covered lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys to interest anglers looking to land the big one. But for scientists who want to know more about […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
SEPM Field Conference on Microbial Mats in Siliciclastic Deposits (Archean to Today)
May 21 – 23, 2010 Denver, Colorado and Dinosaur Ridge, Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone, Denver The conference presents an important and novel review on microbial mats and the sedimentary structures they […]
Posted inConferences and Meetings, NASA Astrobiology Program, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
NAI Director's Seminar: "Application of the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) in Deep-sea and Coastal Ocean Biomes"
Date/Time: Monday June 29, 2009 11:00AM Pacific Presenter: Chris Scholin, Molecular Biologist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) Abstract: In late April 2009, a team of MBARI researchers tested the […]